No, it isn't fair, but it's how the system works. So we need to change the system, and we also need to be realistic, yet imaginative, about what works and what doesn't. That's my point.

It's okay to take a bit to grieve what happened, and it's also okay if you simply cannot take action, so long as you try to be good to yourself and others. But petitioning for a recount just feels like (a) putting way too much faith in the system and (b) denying what has happened.